Bishop Bode spokesman: Zollner did not advise remaining in office after abuse report

A Vatican leader on child protection did not advise a negligent German bishop to remain in office, the bishop’s spokesman said Wednesday, despite the bishop’s recent suggestion to the contrary.
“In conversation with Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, Father Hans Zollner spoke neither for nor against the bishop's resignation,” Thomas Arzner, a spokesman for the Dio…
